Religion & Spirituality - 5 January 2007

Uhhh....Holier then thou "Christains" Or herd mantality humans need not respond. I don't want to hear anything that you have to say. Thank You.

2007-01-05 11:40:11 · 10 answers · asked by Voodoo 2

We see stars, but they are millions of light-years away. It would be more irresponsible to believe in a deceptive God.

2007-01-05 11:39:12 · 16 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1

that the vatican prohibits the showing of LEORNADO DA VINCI's CODE?

2007-01-05 11:38:31 · 23 answers · asked by KHRISTINA Q 1

I found this really interesting site, that describes how the fallen angels (demons) have been masquerading as "aliens" all this time. This might explain the face on mars,stonehenge,crop circles, etc. When the antichrist comes ("alien" being), he will plan a huge end-times DECEPTION that humans were created by aliens instead of by God and will force people to worship him. What do you think?



http://www.mt.net/~watcher/angelicconspiracy.html

2007-01-05 11:38:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 11:37:50 · 12 answers · asked by eicats_10 1

So it is not possible to prove that human beings cannot breathe underwater?

2007-01-05 11:35:56 · 10 answers · asked by whoknows 3

anything, your knowledge or a website link, will help me. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-05 11:34:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think is the best thing to say when someone who knows you're not religious says "I'll pray for you"? I actually find it to be rather insulting. Have you experienced this, and did you find it to be a rather rude thing to say?

2007-01-05 11:33:37 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

crime or sin someone can commit, and why?

2007-01-05 11:33:31 · 6 answers · asked by Amanda D 3

My mother has passed...that is why I ask.

2007-01-05 11:33:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it expensive to join this order? What really is behind all of it?
Their beliefs etc., Please i wish to know?

2007-01-05 11:32:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 11:32:24 · 20 answers · asked by X 3

Finally, let us shed some light on what is considered in the West as the greatest symbol of women’s oppression and servitude, the veil or the head cover. Is it true that there is no such thing as the veil in the Judaeo-Christian tradition? Let us set the record straight. According to Rabbi Dr. Menachem M. Brayer (Professor of Biblical Literature at Yeshiva University) in his book, ‘The Jewish woman in Rabbinic literature,’ it was the custom of Jewish women to go out in public with a head covering which, sometimes, even covered the whole face leaving one eye free.

He quotes some famous ancient Rabbis saying, “It is not like the daughters of Israel to walk out with heads uncovered” and “Cursed be the man who lets the hair of his wife be seen (...) a woman who exposes her hair for self-adornment brings poverty.” Rabbinic law forbids the recitation of blessings or prayers in the presence of a bareheaded married woman since uncovering the woman’s hair is considered “nudity”.

Dr. Brayer also mentions that “During the Tannaitic period the Jewish woman’s failure to cover her head was considered an affront to her modesty. When her head was uncovered she might be fined four hundred zuzim for this offense.” Dr. Brayer also explains that veil of the Jewish woman was not always considered a sign of modesty. Sometimes, the veil symbolized a state of distinction and luxury rather than modesty. The veil personified the dignity and superiority of noble women. It also represented a woman’s inaccessibility as a sanctified possession of her husband.

The veil signified a woman’s self-respect and social status. Women of lower classes would often wear the veil to give the impression of a higher standing. The fact that the veil was the sign of nobility was the reason why prostitutes were not permitted to cover their hair in the old Jewish society. However, prostitutes often wore a special headscarf in order to look respectable.

Jewish women in Europe continued to wear veils until the nineteenth century when their lives became more intermingled with the surrounding secular culture. The external pressures of the European life in the nineteenth century forced many of them to go out bare-headed. Some Jewish women found it more convenient to replace their traditional veil with a wig as another form of hair covering. Today, most pious Jewish women do not cover their hair except in the synagogue.

Some of them, such as the Hasidic sects, still use the wig.

What about the Christian tradition? It is well known that Catholic Nuns have been covering their heads for hundreds of years, but that is not all. St. Paul in the New Testament made some very interesting statements about the veil:

“Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head - it is just as though her head were shaved. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head”(I Corinthians 11:3-10).

St. Paul’s rationale for veiling women is that the veil represents a sign of the authority of the man, who is the image and glory of God, over the woman who was created from and for man. St. Tertullian in his famous treatise ‘On The Veiling Of Virgins’ wrote, “Young women, you wear your veils out on the streets, so you should wear them in the church, you wear them when you are among strangers, then wear them among your brothers...” Among the Canon laws of the Catholic church today, there is a law that requires women to cover their heads in church.

Some Christian denominations, such as the Amish and the Mennonites for example, keep their women veiled to the present day. The reason for the veil, as offered by their Church leaders, is that “The head covering is a symbol of woman’s subjection to the man and to God”, which is the same logic introduced by St. Paul in the New Testament.

From all the above evidence, it is obvious that Islam did not invent the head cover. However, Islam did endorse it. The Qur’an urges the believing men and women to lower their gaze and guard their modesty and then urges the believing women to extend their head covers to cover the neck and the bosom:

“Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty (......)And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms....” (24:30,31)

The Qur’an is quite clear that the veil is essential for modesty, but why is modesty important? The Qur’an is still clear:

“O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women that they should cast their outer garments over their bodies (when they go out) so that they should be known and not molested.”(33:59)


This is the whole point, modesty is prescribed to protect women from molestation or simply, modesty is protection. Thus, the only purpose of the veil in Islam is protection. The Islamic veil, unlike the veil of the Christian tradition, is not a sign of man’s authority over woman nor is it a sign of woman’s subjection to man. The Islamic veil, unlike the veil in the Jewish tradition, is not a sign of luxury and distinction of some noble married women. The Islamic veil is only a sign of modesty with the purpose of protecting women, all women. The Islamic philosophy is that it is always better to be safe than sorry. In fact, the Qur’an is so concerned with protecting women’s bodies and women’s reputation that a man who dares to falsely accuse a woman of unchastity will be severely punished:


“And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations)- Flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors.”(24:4)


Compare this strict Qur’anic attitude with the extremely lax punishment for rape in the Bible:


“ If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.”(Deut. 22:28-30)

One must ask a simple question here, who is really punished? The man who only paid a fine for rape, or the girl who is forced to marry the man who raped her and live with him until he dies? Another question that also should be asked is this: which is more protective of women, the Qur’anic strict attitude or the Biblical lax attitude?

2007-01-05 11:30:47 · 10 answers · asked by MUHAMMAD 3

why are we born in this earth and why do we die ? what is the purpose of life ? If God created all the living things and non living things than who created God ?

2007-01-05 11:27:54 · 21 answers · asked by Vman 1

Any scientific theory has a backdoor to proove its wrong, untill then its valid. Especially...Would it suffice to prove all the 'holy books' are full of lies?

2007-01-05 11:26:32 · 30 answers · asked by me c 2

i am in a relationship with the father of my children, we've been together for 10 years, we are not married and we do not live together. i become a christian about 8 weeks ago and i put a stop to a certain part of our relationship because we are not married, i have explained this to him. it has been revealed to me that all these years our relationship has been based on this 1 thing. i knew this anyway, it's just so clear now! i haven't argued with him, i've put him in GODS hands, i'm praying for him to be saved. his mother is a christian and most of his family and they go to a church where is uncle is the pastor, the church i go to, i was introduced to by his cousins husband who does alot of speaking there. he believes i am punishing him, but i'm just doing what god is telling me. i enjoy this thing just as much as the next man but i don't live for it! have you been in a similar situation, how did it work out?
i forgot to mention there is a 31 year age gap, i am 26, the kids are 9 + 5

2007-01-05 11:25:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

How has the Judaism religion shaped your life? Please serious answers only.

2007-01-05 11:22:28 · 6 answers · asked by needinformation 1

God is offering you everlasting life, and is going to share everything he ever made. Will you miss out on the greatest adventure ever? There are billions of galaxies with billions of planets, what kinds of life forms will be made there? Use your brain, this is just the beginning of God's creation.

Revelation 20:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth.

An awesome journey awaits, and all are welcome, will you miss out?

2007-01-05 11:21:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 11:19:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-05 11:17:24 · 12 answers · asked by jerry b 1

When you go into the bathroom and turn off the lights and say bloody mary 4 times does she really come out and scratch your face.

2007-01-05 11:16:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think i have; it was like a blue figure,(shaped like a boy) i took the photograh w/my camara phone and...saw it...i was freaked out...i wonder what it was.

2007-01-05 11:16:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

my 6 year old out the blue today told me how we got here ...
she said that aliens came to earth and lived here
but they could only come out at night as they couldnt live in the day time
and one day the sun came up and they all died
and we began to live because they died ( for some weird reason lol )
i think she means from their bodies
as good as any theory eh ?
kids ... you got to love them

2007-01-05 11:15:19 · 33 answers · asked by Peace 7

I have run my limit for answering questions!

2007-01-05 11:14:17 · 45 answers · asked by Seeker 3

I am a christain. But is it possible to fully please God. I don't think so cause of sin. But he still loves us.

2007-01-05 11:12:52 · 18 answers · asked by ♥Chickie♥ 1

2007-01-05 11:12:50 · 9 answers · asked by Night Shade 1

Evolution is not real science. It is philosophy. The philosophy of atheists. The scientific method cannot prove evolution. There is no experiment that can prove it, like there is for gravity.

Darwin used micro-evolution or development within species to invent macro-evoluion or development from one species to another.
Macro-evolution is impossible. An offspring cannot have an organ that did not exist in the parent.
DNA and modern science proves that evolution is impossible.
How many agree?

2007-01-05 11:11:54 · 25 answers · asked by enigma21 3

2007-01-05 11:11:31 · 10 answers · asked by Night Shade 1

They may claim they are not, but I've seen how they do when they go to see the pope and how they act. They are worshiping him. Why don't they realize that this isn't okay? Why do they put so much faith in a fallible human being just like the rest of us? Don't they realize they are crazy?

2007-01-05 11:09:20 · 19 answers · asked by John 2

2007-01-05 11:08:28 · 15 answers · asked by Hotcakes 3